On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Andrew Lowe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14/11/2012 8:42 AM, Willie wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, >> >> I have been dealing with this problem for awhile now. It seems that >> whenever I am in Linux my computer will just turn off. Not shutdown like >> I did "shutdown -r now". Just completely off out of the blue at random >> times. I have been reading the logs but there is nothing helpful at all. >> It is never the same thing on the logs when it does just shutdown. >> Sometime I can boot up and it will go off when it says "Waiting for udev >> events to finish" or something like that. >> >> I haven't done any major upgrades in awhile, there is really nothing >> different. I installed Windows last night to see if it is a hardware >> thing but nope it stays on. I also tried reinstalling Gentoo on a couple >> of occasions on another Hard Drive but it just shutdown while I was >> getting it done. >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated. I really don't want to be in Windows >> after I spent all that time customizing my XFCE4 desktop. >> >> -- >> >> Willie Matthews >> [email protected] >> <mailto:matthews.willie@gmail.**com<[email protected]> >> > >> > > Willy, > Before you rebuild kernels etc, do you have a live CD, sysrescue, > Gentoo minimal install, any of the Myth live CD's, lying around? Boot that > and see if a "bog standard" configuration boots and displays the problem. > If it gets up and is stable, then there is something in your actual config. > If you have sysrescue, sysresccd.org, if it boots and is stable, you can > then run a memory tester to see if anything manifests itself. > > Regards, > Andrew > > > I tried to reinstall Gentoo twice, both made the computer lose power. I will be running the memory tester tonight when it is time to go to sleep for the night. -- Willie Matthews [email protected]
